Cataract Surgery

 Cataract surgery improves vision and quality of life. 

Do not spend your days in the dark when you can see better. May ara kami weekly screening kada Miercoles sang aga. Wala requirement. Libre ang screening. Kadto lang. alas otso bukas na kami. #LoveYour Eyes

School Eye and Ear Health @ Leyte National High School

In partnership with Edmund Rice Ministries Foundation, Tacloban City LGU, Dr. Maybelle Pajo and the Regional Office of DOH 8, we conducted an Eye and Ear Screening in Leyte National High School last July 18-19, 2018.

Prior to the event, twelve (12) Supreme Student Government and first aiders were trained on how to use the smartphone based app, PEEK acuity to help the team in pre-screening by getting the visual acuity.

Before the screening started, a lecture/education awareness on the proper care of their eyes and ears were given. Thirty seven (37) sections of Grade VII along with the students under Special Education classes were the beneficiaries. 

Of the 1,338 screened;

• 1,205 were found to have normal vision
• 1 with cataract
• 132 were with uncorrected refractive errors (9.8%)

volunteers for visual acuity testing using the Tumbled E chart

Getting of visual acuity using the smartphone app, PEEK 

the team who came and conquered. ;)

All the 1,338 were also checked for ears and results follow:

• 154 have impacted cerumen (11.5%) all of which were removed and/or treated
• 3 found to have otitis media and were given medication
• 1 found to have fungi and was removed
• 2 found to have perforated ear drums and were referred for further assessment

And this is the usual scenario whenever we conduct eye and ear health testing in schools.

Otoscopy

Looking closely at what could be there inside the ear

Edmund Rice Ministries Foundation doing the otoscopy and removal of impacted cerumen and foreign objects

And one more look at the team who made it all happen. Cheers! ;)

ear screening in Bohol with RC Canterbury

Fiona Park (in maroon shirt) of RC Canterbury doing the click test with the student.

Back-to-Back service of Bert Nellas and Jack Po of RC Bacolod North. Taking charge of the students' queue for click test.

Stuart Ghent of RC Kidman Park, Adelaide, Australia doing the click test

Kyle Wightman of RC Canterbury with the help of Rotaractor who serves as interpreter.

article from Bohol chronicle

An Eye-opening Experience
SARAH SCHWARZ
New York, USA
For two days this past week I joined the Rotary Club of Tagbilaran as they performed free medical screenings all across Bohol. With partner clubs from Bacolod and even Australia, as well as generous support from the Cataract Foundation, more than one thousand Boholanos were screened for vision and hearing; receiving medical care and many pairs of sunglasses.

Carmen, Guindulman, Anda and Dagohoy were just a few of the towns visited by these doctors, students and humanitarians: they spent long days to reach as many patients as possible within a short time. Even so, with all of their effort, it seems there are many more Boholanos who still require eye care. In fact, this island was chosen for the vision mission because, accordingly, Bohol has the highest rate of blindness in the Philippines.

Perhaps due to the agriculture industry based here, which requires long hours spent working outdoors in the bright sunlight, many Boholanos develop cataracts in their eyes. These can be painful and itchy, and the best way to prevent their formation is to wear sunglasses whenever outside. Hundreds of elementary school children were screened for hearing, as well. Even those with ear problems remained cheerful and energetic, offering tours of their school to the visitors and posing for photos.

All in all, this was a wonderful chance to experience the real Bohol and meet Filipinos from all walks of life, while seeing much of the natural beauty of the island and supporting a good cause. When I return to the United States I will certainly carry many memories of the warm and welcoming Boholano spirit and encourage others to visit and learn from the compassion and resilience that I have been lucky to experience.

http://www.theboholchronicle.com/searchresult.php?sid=5034&rtopic=cataract%20foundation&section=3

Our Lady of Peace Mission School

Right after Sipaway National High School, we went back to San Carlos City to travel back to Bacolod City. On the way, there's one more school to screen, Our Lady of Peace Mission School in Tagbulod, Barangay Prosperidad, San Carlos City. It is situated on a hilly part and the temperature is almost like Baguio City. ;-)

We screened 210 students for the eye and about 400+ for the ears.

They decorated this stage as if we are from the other side of the country with matching tables and chairs as if we're going to give a symposium. hehehe

Students gathered for the orientation before the screening.

Kim, assisting for the getting of distance visual acuity.

Since it rained hard during the screening it was so slippery going down and our shoes after were 5inches high! ;-)

screening in Sipaway Island

After Julio Ledesma National High School screening, we proceeded to Sipaway Island, a 20minute boat ride from San Carlos City.

August 13, 2008 we screened the 195 students of Sipaway National High School for eye and ear problems.

It was drizzling when we came but we were warmly welcomed by the school staff. Students stayed back after flag ceremony to listen for the orientation. This island, even only 2ominute away from San Carlos, has no electricity supply so we made use of the megaphone and even the school rely on it to get the attention of students for important announcements.

Pupils queuing up to be tested

Mavis getting the distance visual acuity

Group picture with the school staff and teachers after the half day screening

eye and ear screening in San Carlos City

Last August 11-12, the working force of cfpi and vecc went out for a mission in San Carlos City. The group won't fit in one car so others took the Ceres bus. It was a 2 hour drive to the city from Bacolod. We screened 2,000+ students of Julio Ledesma National High School. It was such a feat!

Orientation with the students during flag ceremony

Otoscopy testing

Getting the distance visual acuity